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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Capriccio
Partita
Tablature
Ornaments
2. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Orchestration
Tremolo
Triplet
Key
3. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Prelude
Monotone
Falsetto
4. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Harmony
Gregorian Chant
Round
Nonet
5. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Tremolo
Timbre
Reprise
Nocturne
6. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Gregorian Chant
Falsetto
Cavatina
Measure
7. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Treble
Measure
Canon
Requiem
8. Sliding between two notes.
Staff
Vibrato
Glissando
Capriccio
9. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Root
March
Key
Rubato
10. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Serenade
Klangfarbenmelodie
Courante
Sextet
11. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Expressionism
Prelude
Duet
Rubato
12. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Chamber music
Temperament
Recitative
Quartet
13. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Triple time
Tremolo
Motif
Oratorio
14. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Whole note
Ricercar
Gregorian Chant
15. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Rhythm
Obbligato
Recitative
Chorale
16. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Waltz
Baroque
Vibrato
Courante
17. Unmusical - without tone.
Capriccio
Glissando
Tone less
Ensemble
18. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Adagio
Requiem
Chorale
Deceptive cadence
19. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Deceptive cadence
Sequence
Measure
Natural
20. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Cantabile
Reprise
Libretto
Monotone
21. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Pizzicato
Neoclassical
Grazioso
Cavatina
22. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
Phrase
Theme
Pentatonic Scale
23. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Chord progression
Opus
Conductor
Verismo
24. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Libretto
Chord
Pizzicato
Reprise
25. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Symphony
Pizzicato
Sonatina
Impromptu
26. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Presto
Cadenza
Recapitulation
Counterpoint
27. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Etude
Neoclassical
Rondo
Relative pitch
28. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Suite
Tutti
Ligature
Operetta
29. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Carol
Octet
Theme
Intermezzo
30. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Finale
Dynamics
Requiem
Homophony
31. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Slide
Verismo
Staccato
Form
32. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Tremolo
Scherzo
Finale
Fugue
33. A group singing in unison.
Staccato
Chorus
Clavier
Classicism
34. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Duet
Fourth
Pentatonic Scale
Chromatic scale
35. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Conductor
Slur
Classical
Elegy
36. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Dissonance
Presto
Key signature
Allegro
37. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Partita
Impromptu
Musette
Baroque
38. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Round
Monotone
Quartet
Motif
39. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Dynamics
Tonal
Forte
Key signature
40. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
Movement
Opus
Twelve-tone music
41. Indicating speed.
Chant
March
Tempo
Chord progression
42. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Monotone
Gregorian Chant
Prelude
Resonance
43. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Rococo
Unison
Leitmotif
Impromptu
44. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Renaissance
System
Interval
Staccato
45. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Serenade
String Quartet
Recitative
Rhythm
46. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Quartet
Counterpoint
Legato
Tonic
47. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Symphony
Recapitulation
A cappella
Staccato
48. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Requiem
Courante
Staff
49. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Choir
Conductor
Refrain
Tonal
50. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Notation
Quartet
Expressionism
Conductor